Tedd L. Mitchell | |
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5th Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System | |
Assumed office September 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Robert L. Duncan |
8thPresident of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | |
In office May 17,2010 –October 30,2019 | |
Preceded by | John C. Baldwin |
Succeeded by | Lori Rice-Spearman |
Personal details | |
Born | Columbia,Louisiana,U.S. | February 24,1962
Education | Stephen F. Austin State University (BS) University of Texas Medical Branch (MD) |
Website | http://www.texastech.edu/chancellor/tedd-l-mitchell.php |
Tedd L. Mitchell (born February 24,1962) is an American academic. He is the fifth chancellor of the Texas Tech University System. [1] [2] He is also the chairman for the Board of Trustees of the Cooper Institute, [3] a Dallas-based health and wellness system founded by Kenneth H. Cooper.
Mitchell was born in Columbia,Louisiana and raised in Longview,Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1987 from the University of Texas Medical Branch,where he is an Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus. [4]
Following an elective rotation at the Cooper Clinic [5] in Dallas,Mitchell earned a certificate of added qualification in Sports Medicine. [1] In 1991,he was appointed medical director at the Cooper Clinic,a role he held until being named president and chief executive officer in 2006. [1] From 2002 to 2008,he was appointed to President George W. Bush’s President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. [6] In 2007,he was named to the College Sports Medicine Board of Trustees. [1] He also served on Texas Governor George Bush’s State Board on Aging (1998 –2002). [1]
Mitchell also served as a captain of the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corps from 1996 to 1998. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Sports Medicine. [1]
In 2010,Mitchell began his career in academic administration joining the Texas Tech University System as president [7] of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. During his tenure,Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso was established as a standalone institution in 2013 (the TTU System's fourth university), [8] the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center University Center in Lubbock was expanded, [9] and a new 51,000 square foot Academic Classroom Building was added on the TTUHSC Odessa Campus. [10] In 2019,Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's achieved record enrollment to become the top Texas health-related academic institution based on number of health care professional graduates. [11]
On October 25,2018,the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents named Mitchell the fifth chancellor of the TTU System. [2] Following the appointment,he served the dual role of TTU System chancellor and TTUHSC president for approximately one year until on Nov. 1,2019,TTUHSC provost and chief academic officer Lori Rice-Spearman was named interim TTUHSC president. [12]
In 2019,a delegation led by Mitchell [13] urged the 86th Texas Legislature [14] to approve and fund a new Texas Tech University veterinary school [15] in Amarillo (Texas's first new veterinary school since 1916), [16] and a new dental school [17] at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (the state's first since 1971). [18]
Mitchell is married to Janet Tornelli-Mitchell,whom he met while at medical school.
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